D&D Beyond Releases Free Forgotten Realms Adventure

D&D Beyond has a new Forgotten Realms-focused adventure that focuses on battling the forces of Orcus. Today, D&D Beyond released The Tenebrous Stone, a new adventure that will appear in the upcoming Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun book. The adventure is a Level 3 "Deity Adventure" set in Helmsdale and sends players into a basalt quarry to track down an evil artifact. Players will battle several undead creatures before a final encounter at the hidden location of the artifact.

The adventure is one of many in the book and is similarly structured as the quick adventures found in the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. There's a map, three encounters, and a brief overview of the adventure, but otherwise The Tenebrous Stone is relatively light. D&D Beyond has also loaded up the adventure on its Maps VTT, complete with both maps and monsters pre-loaded for the DM.

Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun will be released on November 11th.

 

[Parmandur]

I don’t think I’ve ever had the thought “what I need right now is a mini-adventure”.

Makes for a quick and dirty night of gaming, since each is enough to run a full one-shot on zero prep work.

And again, the DMG has step by step guides on how to do prep work with the mini-Advebture as a seed to make something bespoke.

 

[Reef]

I don’t think I’ve ever had the thought “what I need right now is a mini-adventure”.

I find I tend to reach for them more if I’m looking to break up a multi-day travel segment, instead of just glossing over the whole trip. A step up from a just a random encounter. A palate cleanser between major plot points.

And that way, if they don’t bite at the proffered hook, there wasn’t a whole lot of wasted prep time.